Xgoff
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 Xgoff, drawn by FuPoo (now outdated). | |||
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| Aliases: | SuperMetalMario, Undefined | ||
| Real name: | Jaleel White | ||
| Interests: | Lua, MMF2, dangerous experiments, procrastination, conceptual design, overly complex mechanical apparatus, overly complex game design, overly complex complexity, ranch dressing | ||
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Xgoff is an MFGGer known for his consistent laziness and inability to finish what he starts, especially fangames or other large projects. This is accompanied by his compulsive archival habits; he easily fills his hard drive not with large videos or new games, but with files ranging from 1 to 10 years old. His typing style is somewhat complex, usually lacking capitalization and punctuation, though he is very particular about spelling and other grammar rules; other members usually do not have problems understanding him. Despite many of his posts being heavily sarcastic, some newer members completely miss this and take him seriously; older members are frequently seen pointing out said sarcasm.
Xgoff is quite experienced with Clickteam products (having used them since 2001), and uses MMF2 as his main program, though he will occasionally revert to MMF1.5 for some projects. Prior to using said products, he had used ZZT and Megazeux; his first and only completed fangame so far was made in ZZT.
Current Projects
- Intermittent programming for the Mario Bros side of the Community Fangame Project
- Clone of Wii Play's Tanks!
- MPUZ - Script-testing stage
- Tileset Splitter 2.0 - Update of the first version
- Super Castle Mario - First game of Awesome Games Series 2
History
Xgoff first found MFGG through a link posted on YBK (a Banjo-Kazooie fansite/forum), and joined the vBulletin forums about a year later in mid-2003, as SuperMetalMario. Not long after, the KPP incident erupted, and Xgoff managed to become labeled as being "related" to KPP, causing many members to distrust him. As a result, his activity dropped significantly, even after the Invision forum was launched. However, he became more active as time went on; his "connections" with KPP were becoming obviously false to those who suspected him.
Before long, Xgoff started getting more into Mario fangaming, which he had a slight interest in even before knowing about MFGG. His first few ideas were abysmal, though he finally struck gold with Super Mario: 2-Layer. However, his lack of experience with MMF at the time, along with program limitations itself, led to the abandonment of the project. His next attempt was Return of the Star Rod, a game loosely based on the events of Paper Mario. Again, this project was canned. A few more ideas surfaced, but none of them made it past early stages of development. It would not be until 2 years later that Xgoff would announce another project.
In the meantime, Xgoff would complete smaller projects, the first of which was an entry for Improv Game Contest 1. Unfortunately, complications with the game itself caused major problems with ShadowMan's computer, enraging him. News of the problem was forwarded by ShadowMan's brother, Parakarry; hints about banning were given, though in the end, Xgoff was only warned as it was shown the event was an accident, and that no permanent damage was done. Of course, many members became wary of Xgoff's programs for a short time. Xgoff entered the second IGC despite the wariness, and surprisingly, his Losenge game won the competition by a fair margin.
Throughout the next few years, Xgoff focused more on application development than game development. The first few of these were "mini" apps designed to make certain Invision text effects easier to perform, such as reversed text or text size that changes along a sine wave. He later coded the Ownage Generator, which allows a person to designate an "Owner" and an "Ownee", and a Half-Life 2 item for the former to "own" the latter; it exported an image similar to the death messages used in Garry's Mod. Another inherently useless program was Quadbrowser Deluxe, an internet browser that could display 4 different pages at once. However, he has developed and released more useful programs, some of these are: a Super Mario Kart track designer, a Picross clone, and Tileset Splitter 1.0.
Eventually, Xgoff unveiled another fangame project: Mario: Revolution. Unlike the vast majority of Mario fangames, it was much darker and "mature". Again, this project fell into periods of inactivity before being canned altogether shortly after the announcement of MPUZ. Now 2006, Xgoff was determined to finish a fangame, and opted to attempt something that wouldn't require as much time and effort as a full game. He revealed MPUZ, a puzzle-based game, which by nature did not require much of a story or plot. However, what he intended to be a simple project evolved into something much more complex after 2 years. Now known as MPUZ Revolution (as it was essentially half-M:R), it was given an actual plot, and now MPUZ is far more complex than it was when it began. Currently it is still in progress with no plans on being canceled.
Xgoff would later develop and release the Awesome Games Series, intentionally poor "minigames" with little to no actual plot. Apart from Mario's Pitiful Adventure, these are the only other fangames Xgoff has completed.
Miscellany
- Like many others, Xgoff has noticed and criticized the apparent decline of the forums, and will often actively partake in discussions about "rebuilding" the forum.
- He hated how the PPP was abused, and would often suggest that it either be replaced entirely or supplemented with a forum that still allowed off-topic discussion, but restricted stupidity. This was eventually done with the CCC.
- He has a very absurdist sense of humor, though not absurdist beliefs.
- Xgoff does not like roleplay, and his character mostly exists as a way to participate in events like FIFAD, though he is planning on using his character for other projects.
- He occasionally writes articles for the MFGG Wiki, and attempts to organize much of the information by introducing new categories and templates. Actually Xgoff is pretty much the only person who actually makes non-MFGGer pages anymore :( (with the exception of Blackcat12)
- Though he has completed 6 fangames, he only acknowledges Mario's Pitiful Adventure as complete enough to qualify, though it is still extremely short. Oh and it's the only one that has effort put into it.
